Based on the very helpful feedback I received from the Twitterified client users, here is version 1.2′s log:
- Multiple accounts support:
– Multiple accounts using the same server
– Accounts using multiple servers (Twitter, Identi.ca…)
– Underlying architecture to eventually support any third-party server as long as they are compatible
- Better error reporting
- Better error recovery
- Mouse Gestures support
- Tweets can now be marked “read“
- Obviously new tweets are now easily identifiable
- The application window height is now a setting
- It is now possible to “ignore” someone using the collapsable boxes
Due to the client’s support for multiple accounts, if you are upgrading, you will have to re-enter your credentials. It’s a one-time thing.
Note, too, that starting with v1.1, the client offers to update automatically when a new version is out.
Showing two accounts…
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Sorry, Jeremiah, ignoring you for the purpose of this demo…
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Use Mouse Gesture to mark all Tweets “read”
If you are not using Twitterified yet, go get it!
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Hiya,
I think the work you’ve done on Twitterified is actually quite visionary; the way
in which people use Twitter is still being discovered, so your work on gestural
stuff is really cool.
One of the main things about UI development (IMO) that developers often forget, is that they’re creating something for *people* to use. Figuring out what will be the most intuitive way to present and position any tool is the first and perhaps most critical challenge a *designer* has.
There are numerous UI problems with the way that Twitterified has been put together and presented, I’d wager that this is the work of a developer rather than a designer? No offense intended, it’s just how it comes across.
My advice would be:
Team up with a usability/design person with good experience
Think hard about what it is about twitter that people most need and want, and then design to that
Make all the tabs functions clear (currently they are truncated and you cannot maximise the app)
Hope this feedback helps.
@Alfie –
Alfie, thanks for your comment.
It’s worse than you think: Twitterified is the work of a developer who also happens to be a wannabe designer. Worst combination possible
Re: Tabs. Indeed, which is why I am currently working on having less tabs. Unfortunately more features meant more tabs, and I, of course, added the features before working on the UI itself.
Re: What people want. Now that’s a challenge. I believe, right or wrong, that with disruptive tools like Twitter, people have no way of knowing what they want until they see it. My hope is to provide a modest bit of help with that, but, as you point out, getting the UI basics right should happen first.